| 1853 - 498 Seiten
...and lo, the desert smiled! Possessing himself of a beautiful island in the Ohio, he rears upon it a palace, and decorates it with every romantic embellishment...him. A philosophical apparatus offers to him all the secret mysteries of nature. Peace, tranquillity, and innocence shed their mingled delights around him.... | |
| 1854 - 576 Seiten
...lo, the desert smiled ! " Possessing himself of a bcautifiil island in the Ohio, he rears upon it a palace, and decorates it with every romantic embellishment...him all the secrets and mysteries of nature. Peace, tranquillity and innocence, shed their mingled delights around him. And, to crown the enchantment of... | |
| 1854 - 338 Seiten
...subsequently proved his ruin. "A shrubbery which Shenstone might have envied blooms around him ; music which might have charmed Calypso and her nymphs, is his....spreads its treasures before him; a philosophical apparatos offers to him all the mysteries and secrets of nature. Peace, tranquility, and innocence... | |
| John Frost - 1855 - 462 Seiten
...country to find quiet in ours. Possessing himself of a beautiful island in the Ohio, he rears upon it a palace, and decorates it with every romantic embellishment...him all the secrets and mysteries of nature. Peace, tranquillity, and innocence shed their mingled delights around him. The evidence would convince you... | |
| John Epy Lovell - 1855 - 520 Seiten
...country to find quiet in ours. Possessing himself of a beautiful island in the Ohio, he rears upon it a palace, and decorates it with every romantic embellishment...Shenstone might have envied, blooms around him ; music, which might have enarmed Calypso and her nymphs, is his ; an extensive library spreads its treasures... | |
| Salem Town - 1855 - 492 Seiten
...country to find quiet in ours. Possessing himself of a beautiful island in the Ohio, he rears upon it a palace, and decorates it with every romantic embellishment of fancy. A shrubbery, that Shenstone a might have envied, blooms around him ; music, which might have charmed Calypso and her nymphs, is... | |
| John Warner Barber - 1856 - 514 Seiten
...country to find quiet in ours. Possessing himself of a beautiful island in the Ohio, he rears upon it a palace, and decorates it with every romantic embellishment...him all the secrets and mysteries of nature ; peace, tranquillity, and innocence, shed their mingled delights around him; and to crown the enchantment of... | |
| Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1856 - 592 Seiten
...and lo, the desert smiled ! Possessing himself of a beautiful island in the Ohio, he rears upon it a palace, and decorates it with every romantic embellishment...Music, that might have charmed Calypso and her nymphs, i? his. An extensive library spreads its treasures before him. A philosophical apparatus ofiers to... | |
| 1857 - 690 Seiten
...and lo, the desert smiled! Possessing himself of a beautiful island in the Oh.«, he rears upon it a palace, and decorates it with every romantic embellishment...him all the secrets and mysteries of nature. Peace, tranquillity and innocence shed their mingled delights around him. And to crown the enchantment of... | |
| 1857 - 650 Seiten
...and lo, the desert smiled ! Possessing himself of a beautiful island in the Ob.x>, he rears upon it a palace, and decorates it with every romantic embellishment...him all the secrets and mysteries of nature. Peace, tranquillity and innocence shed their mingled delights around him. And to crown the enchantment of... | |
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